The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06
A BARBER SHOP FOR WOMEN.

A BARBER SHOP FOh WUlEN'
THEY 90 IN AND GET HAIR SUT on
a sH<HPOO JUST LIKE ME-.
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The secret 81 The shsrt-ha,rea Gsrrs Curis
Now that the woman barber has budded
and blossomed and faded away lie noweI
show out Of season. the latest newthins In the
tonsorial line is womsn's barber shop-not q
moro hairdressing establishment. but Q shop
whore women can run In any time OF the daH
and have anything. from plain hair cut TO Z
shampoo. just as mon can In ordinary bsrbs
| shopa There 10 large one on FourteonA
street. I'll different In some respects frop
male shop, but Its general principle 10 Ne
Same. 1t does not have q striped pole fofs
sign. for far It might DO mistalsn
for hosiery emporium, perhaps. nd
its interior decorations lack the gtdy
wealth II high cigarette art and the dnk
| weekly literary attractions that are 90 lsish
| . feature Of the places where men are shyved.
II is up in the third story. over store here
ladies' compilations and figures are sold and
its furnishing ia quietly suggestive Of ,yariof
with three or four chairs In row aloig one
side. They are not the complicated ayanee@
ments with pa'ent head rests, trap-doo backas
and other attachments that arc necessary to
put man into position to have his boad taken
on The chairs arc plain. everyday Chairs. not
even armchaira. A counter and shosoass Id
en- part Of the room are dimly reemblant
to the case OF shaving soap and tsnty-ivs-
cent-for-ten O ,nneoticut Havana Glars Of the
male shop. There are five barbcrs n the FOUR
teenth street shop. and one womanto tend the
counter. She has not yet been edEpatsd up I'd
nkH 10. ~kAatr adj
cally calculate Shine. mRam" or Ill the
other duties OF . regular barbsrs assistant =
The patrons Of the shop buy scheok In tho
store down stairs. For plain bair cut II To-
fifty cents. shampoo costs afy cents EXTRA
and for q quarter extra guaranteed. cant-bs-s
told-from-life complexion wilrbe put on. !
Up stairs tho patrons sit ina row along the,
wall and wait for tho hrst bs.ber at leisure tot
call out: J
"Nsixti Five seventy-twsI"
The woman with check b72 steps forward,
her wraps removed. and puts horself ct his
mercy. deft touch AMI two motions place
her in the chair facing . hg mirror.
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Der that he is all right SO far. and he daahes OF
sinrer rs i touch s and smotSered DIN prove
that this is not az right ut all; and It takes .
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6er Is chatterine French With the other four
snd knoss as sns IL
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to fs sa s5
dire comment and char about herself passing
ling Iron away. and then, with both hands I'd.
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different pose Of iimidits to each. sesttG the
fHrls In good %i IT, Or Of over
snsNE ME- G p and distortion
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A long swoop removes tho calico BIB. and
three bows and motion induce the woman
brushes i6e dress or back and front. ana
SIGN a II the NV w2 81 wraps.
A grace learned ct French balls and bur
sna adjusts IT, drspery ft beo o4s a pose
and GS1e f S sa%iystUp he
part Of the woman, She takes her tonic. her
yassline, and even her bay rum without any
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poes and metsphysicss Seswen sniss Hnd
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to the tricks OF the plas' buy the tickets
,hair when they 60 to the shop. All sorts of
women 60 there even some that could woll
afford to have hairdresser at their homes.
The house. Especially profitable patrons are
he short-hared girls; Apparently every girl
With q cropped head has crisp little curls al
work Of Q barber and not Of nature. With two
,r three visits to the barber shop every week
weather, can keep her hair in as bewitching
tate OF cprliness as ever fooled an innocent
or weather ono barberinR will last short
haired girl a w"a' III
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